Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee by T. Edward Bowdich(
Book
)85
editions published
between
1819
and
2014
in
5
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559 WorldCat member
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First Published in 1966. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company

Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee : with a statistical account of that kingdom, and geographical notices of other
parts of the interior of Africa by T. Edward Bowdich(
Book
)36
editions published
between
1819
and
2016
in
English
and held by
250 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This work by Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791?-1824) describes the journey he made on behalf of the Royal African Company from
Cape Coast Castle in West Africa into the territory of the Ashanti, a warlike tribe which had legendary resources of gold
and which had been attacking European settlements along the Gold Coast. The intention was to make a peace and trade treaty
with the Ashanti, and also to learn more about their culture and customs. Bowdich, not the original leader of the expedition,
took control, and negotiated a treaty of mutual